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When the ECL scheme was first introduced, offenders released for the maximum of 18 days received their subsistence payments in instalments through the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), who make payments on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. Prisoners released for less than 18 days were paid in full by prisons on release. From 23 June 2008, payment in instalments by DWP was extended to prisoners spending 15 days or more on ECL. From 15 December, payment in instalments by DWP has been further extended to offenders spending 8 days or more on ECL. The advantage of the system of payments through DWP is that prisoners receive their subsistence in instalments rather than in a single lump sum.
The administrative costs incurred in individual prisons in arranging payments cannot be separately identified as the work is carried out as part of the wider discharge process.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons in England and Wales have the integrated drug treatment system (IDTS) in operation; and in those prisons, how many and what proportion of prisoners with an identified need for IDTS do not have access to it. [260438]
Mr. Hanson:
From 2006-08 onwards 29 prisons receive both NOMS and DH funding for full IDTS. A further 24 receive DH funding for enhanced prison clinical
drug treatment only. In 2008-09, a further 38 prison/PCT partnerships received funding for enhanced prison clinical drug treatment.
All 53 first and second waves of Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS) prisons have an operational service providing all key elements of IDTS clinical services.
The 91 prisons currently funded are listed.
IDTS 2006-07 first wavefull IDTS (NOMS and DH) (18)
Doncaster
Foston Hall
Nottingham
Ranby
Chelmsford
Wormwood Scrubs
Low Newton
Styal
Dorchester
Eastwood Park
Gloucester
Highdown
Bullingdon
Birmingham
Featherstone
Hull
Moorland (Closed)
Moorland (Open)
IDTS 2006-07 first waveclinical element of IDTS (DH) (27)
Brixton
Stafford
Onley
Rye Hill
The Mount
High Point
Edmonds Hill
Wayland
Coldingley
Blundeston
Acklington
Durham
Lindholme
Everthorpe
Wolds
Deerbolt
Northallerton
Guys Marsh
Dartmoor
Erlestoke
Wealstun
Haverigg
Stocken
Ashwell
Sudbury
North Sea Camp
Lowdham Grange
Standford Hill
IDTS 2007-08 second waveclinical element of IDTS (DH) (7)
Elmley
Maidstone
Rochester
Swaleside
Channings Wood
Bristol
Portland
IDTS 2007-08 second wavepsychosocial elements of IDTS (NOMS) (11)
Ashwell
Everthorpe
Lindholme
Wealstun
Durham
Edmunds Hill
Elmley
Highpoint
Bristol
Brixton
Guys Marsh
IDTS 2008-09 third waveclinical element of IDTS (DH) (38)
Altcourse
Buckley Hall
Forest Bank
Garth
Kennet
Kirkham
Lancaster Castle
Liverpool
Manchester
Preston
Risley
Wymott
Bronzefield
Camp Hill
Downview
Lewes
Reading
Bedford
Hollesley Bay
Norwich
Peterborough(Male/Female)
Whitemoor
Exeter
Belmarsh
Pentonville
Holme House
Blakenhurst
Brockhill
Dovegate
Drake Hall
Hewell Grange
Shrewsbury
Stoke Heath
Leeds
New Hall
Leicester
Lincoln
Wellingborough
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were banned from attending religious services in each prison in England and Wales on the most recent date for which information is available; what the reason for the ban was in each case; and if he will make a statement. [260435]
Mr. Malik: Information on this is not collected or collated centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Prisoners are free to attend corporate worship for the faith in which they are registered subject to certain specified circumstances set out in Prison Service Order 4550, a copy of which is in the House Library.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons in England and Wales have Boss body-scanning chairs in operation. [260434]
Mr. Hanson: The following prisons currently use one or more Body Orifice security scanner:
HMP Altcourse
HMP Belmarsh
HMP Brixton
HMP/YOI Chelmsford
HMP/YOI Doncaster
HMP Dovegate
HMP Frankland
HMP Full Sutton
HMP Lowdham Grange
HMP Long Lartin
HMP Manchester
HMP/YOI Pare
HMP Rye Hill
HMP Wakefield
HMP Wandsworth
HMP Whitemoor
HMP Woodhill
The Government response to David Blakeys report, Disrupting the Supply of Illicit Drugs into Prisons, published in July 2008, committed to providing all prisons with BOSS chairs. The chairs have now been procured and will be distributed during March.
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many public interest immunity certificates Ministers in his Department have signed since the Department was established; and what matters such certificates relate to. [260039]
Mr. Wills: No Ministry of Justice Minister has signed a public interest immunity certificate since the department was created in May 2007.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what account was taken of the recommendations of the Corston Report in the redesignation of HMP/YOI Drake Hall and HMP Morton Hall. [260408]
Mr. Hanson:
The re-designate of HMP/YOI Drake Hall and HMP/YOI Morton Hall as closed prisons
takes account of Baroness Corston's recommendation of the establishment of multi-functional units close to population centres. I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer of 23 January 2009, Official Report; column 360W.
The effect of the change allows for greater flexibility in the use of the estate; improving closeness to home and families for some women, allowing appropriate lifer and indeterminate sentenced women to be placed so as to better meet their needs, and in general enable more women to access the resettlement regimes available at the two prisons.
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